Double-plate, linen backed, 31 x 23 inches, very good. Shows Greenfield and parts of Squirrel Hill: Saline St, Beechwood Blvd, Hazelwood Ave. etc. Undated but probably 1910s.
Double-plate, linen backed, 31 x 23 inches, very good. Shows lower Oakland and parts of Uptown. Undated but probably 1910s.
Double-plate, linen backed, 31 x 23 inches, very good. Shows Point Breeze and parts of Homewood including the Heinz and Westinghouse estates next to each other. Undated but probably 1910s.
Double-plate, linen backed, 31.5 x 23 inches, very good. Shows Uptown, Hill District, parts of lower Oakland. Undated but probably 1910s.
3 photos, ca. 1900s, measuring 9.5 x 7.5 inches, mounted on thick gray stock, addresses and residents identified on versos. Very good but for normal edge-wear to mounts. Apple Alley no longer exists off E. Grant Ave. in Duquesne, but it must have been near Prune Alley and Apricot Alley.....
London: 1748? Sheet measures 21 x 10 inches, some nick to edges else very good, usual folds; appears to be from an edition of Anson's Voyage, but unclear which edition: clearly 18th century.
Paris: The Author, Ca. 1755. Sheet measures 25.5 x 21 inches; plate measures 25 x 16 inches (64 x 40.5 cm). Part of D'Anville's 'Atlas Generale' of 1755, this is the southernmost of the three sheets, engraved by Guillaume de la Haye, showing the American coastline from Gloucester, NJ to.....
Paris: The Author, Ca. 1755. Sheet measures 23 x 21 inches, plate measures 22 x 18.5 inches (56 x 47 cm), printed on good laid watermarked paper (one of the watermarks is of three birds standing on top a roof, the middle one on a finial, if that helps date.....
Suhl, Germany: Gedrucht mit Langeschen Schriften, 1831. Hardcover. 8vo, old embossed leather binding with 'LHST' on front cover as well as '1834.' Some wear to binding and light restoration to outer joints, spine label lacking, gilt edges are gauffered. Contents very good. 768 pp. This appears to be the first.....
Album measures 8 inches tall, full leather, clasp missing, wear to leather and some loss to spine, has 29 photographs, 3 cabinet photos including a large tintype of female twins in their 20s, quite a number of CDVs of children, from McKeesport studios, almost all the rest are tintypes, assumption.....
Hardcover. Balck embossed leather, 6 inches tall, one clasp remaining, recent black cloth on spine: 51 CDVs with pen identifications for each. Studios are in Pittsburgh, Carmichaels PA (Greene County) with others from Iowa, Burlington, Morgantown, but the vast concentration seems to be Western Pennsylvania. Surnames include: Morton, Black, Henniken.....
Hardcover. Album measures 7 inches tall, full leather with clasps, good condition with moderate wear, 36 CDVs, not a single one identified by name, but studios are in Pittsburgh, Hungtingdon, quite a few from Philadelphia -- that's the largest concentration -- plus a few from other Pennsylvania towns -- Harrisburg.....
Measures 10.5 inches tall, leather with clasp, very good, general rubbing and light wear, with contents intact: 26 CDVs of people, 24 larger sized cabinet photos. No one is identified by name, studios are Gettysburg and Altoona mainly but we have not removed any to look for studio names. Note.....
London: Strahan and Woodfall, 1788. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only. 16th Edition, 8vo, old calf, good copy with repaired split to spine, spine darkened, light general wear. 724 pp. Alphabetical: This volumes goes from Excise to Jurors.
Barcelona: Llibreria Catalonia, 1928. This volume only. 8vo, vellum backed marbled boards, very good with light wear and soil to binding, original wraps bound in. 327 pp. Verdaguer is one of the greatest Catalan poets of the late 19th century. In Spanish.
Barcelona: Llibreria Catalonia, 1929. This volume only. 8vo, vellum backed marbled boards, very good with light wear and soil to binding, original wraps bound in. 206 pp. Verdaguer is one of the greatest Catalan poets of the late 19th century. In Spanish.
Hardcover. Album is bound in leather, over 7 inches tall, one clasp remain, enameled hemispheres on covers, contains 56 CDVs, almost all identified by name in pencil. We have not examined most of the photos outside the album, but a good percentage are from Wooster, Ohio, others from Western Pennsylvania.....
Approx. 9 x 7 inches, full leather, some wear, especially to spine, lacking clasp, with 36 cabinet photos (5.5 x 4 inches), all identified, many from Des Moines and other Iowa towns, some from Connecticut, especially Waterbury and area, and a few from Western PA including Altoona. Some of the.....
Hardcover. Civil War era photo album, measures 6 inches high, has 35 photos, mainly CDVs, a couple tintypes, some rouged or with coloring, and a few thumbnail photos. Identified by name in pencil on a table of contents page: there should have been 41 photos but a few are missing.....
(Lund, Sweden): Anders Tornberg Gallery, 1994. Approx. 4 x 4 inches, stiff card covers with reproduction of paintings on both covers, 7 color plates of Pat Steir's 1994 waterfall paintings, one page poetic introduction signed P. S. but no other publication information, but Worldcat had more information. 3 copies in.....
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970. Hardcover. Reprint of 1853 edition. 3 volumes, quarto cloth, very good, minor ex-library marks (a few stamps, labels taped on to spines, pockets and slips on rear pastedowns. Useful set. Heavy, may require extra shipping charges.
Egg Harbor, NJ: Renault, 1941. Pictorial wraps, 7 x 5 inches, 20 pp, illustrated, some in color, very good. Promotional pamphlet about Renault, but with much of the text being recipes for mixed drinks. Also included is a sweet accordion folded Hiram Walker brochure probably from the same time also.....
New York: Appleton, 1874. Hardcover. Large 8vo, black cloth, gilt titled on spine, very good, light dustiness and wear to binding, small green stain to fore edge. Several important articles: Herbert Spencer on radicalism and conservatism in universities, Fernan Papillon on principles of heredity and another article titled Heredity and.....
Berlin: Duncker und Humbolt, 1836. First printing. 8vo, disbound (actually, lacks front board, spine leather worn, half leather back board present and attached. Ex-Harvard Library with their embossed release stamp. On title page: "Presented by A. Gray." 188 pp, folding table. Contents VG. Dietirici was a fairly important German political.....
(Willimantic, CT): Willimantic Thread/Linen Company, (1893). Embossed cream wraps, 7 x 5.25 inches, cord binding, very good plus copy. 32 pp, illustrated throughout. The first 19 pp. prints Cooke's story, about an industrial school that educates fairies on how to become seamstresses, sewers and textile workers, but the fairies are.....